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The WaPo told its staff that it's pivoting to AI. "AI everywhere in our newsroom" to turn around its dismal financial situation. (futurism.com)

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Already facing scandal, the Washington Post's new-ish CEO and publisher, Will Lewis, has announced that the newspaper will be pivoting to artificial intelligence to turn around its dismal financial situation.

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[-] morrowind@lemmy.ml 38 points 5 months ago

Journalism is and has been in a dire situation for a while, but AI is precisely not the solution. It will make everything worse.

[-] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

An overall result like "It will make everything worse" isn't measured in short-term economic gains, Bezos will have to try to get us there one step at a time